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UNIT ONE
Let’s Begin! 1

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1.1 Life 2
1.2 A Synopsis – The Swiss Family Robinson 7

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1.3 Have you ever seen …? 16
1.4 Have you thought of the verb ‘have’ … 20
1.5 The Necklace 22

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UNIT TWO
2.1 Invictus 34
2.2 A True Story of Sea Turtles 37
2.3 Somebody’s Mother 47
2.4 The Fall of Troy 52

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3.1 Silver 78
3.2 Reading Works of Art 82
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3.3 The Road Not Taken 90
3.4 How the First Letter was Written 95
UNIT FOUR
4.1 Please Listen! 104
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4.2 The Storyteller 111

4.3 Intellectual Rubbish 120
4.4 My Financial Career 128
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4.5 Tansen 133

GRAMMAR
1 Parts of Speech 139
2 Articles 141
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4 Modal Auxiliaries 145
5 Gerunds, Participles and Infinitives 147
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7 Subject and Predicate 151
8 Clauses 152
9 Question Tags 154
10 Direct and Indirect Speech 155
11 Active and Passive Voice 157
12 Types of Sentences - I 159
13 Types of Sentences - II 161
14 Degrees of Comparison 163
15 Figures of Speech 165
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1 Unseen Passages 167
2 Summary Writing 174
3 Expansion of Theme 176
4 Interview Questions 179
5 Letter Writing 180
6 Dialogue Writing 183

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8 Speech Writing 187
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11 Creative Writing 195

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 Chapter 2.2: A True Story of Sea Turtles

2.2 A True Story of Sea Turtles

beach. This discovery unfolded in front of them a

Glossary series of disturbing and illegal activities, such as the

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theft of turtle eggs, which were later eaten or sold
Words Meanings in the market. The revelation of such horrifying
comprehensive (adj) including everything stories compelled Sahyadri Nisarg Mitra to study

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entrusted (v) to trust someone with the the sea turtles found on the Konkan coastline and to
responsibility of contact organisations that worked for their
something protection. They found out that it was necessary to

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ovation (n) an expression of create a safe environment for the eggs to hatch
appreciation since turtles played an important role in marine
ecology by keeping the sea water clean. Also, the
ruthless (adj) having no pity
alarmingly low survival rate of the turtles under the
sea worried them. After much research and
Things to Remember planning, a Turtle Protection Campaign was

Green turtles a species of large-sized turtles,
which are endangered
Hawksbills critically endangered species of
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launched at Velas, Taluka Mandangad, District
Ratnagiri along with the Forest Department. This
campaign involved the local people in the
protection of the turtle eggs and achieved huge

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turtles; so named because of success as they were able to protect fifty turtle nests
in the first year itself. The day the shells cracked, a
Indian Wildlife an act of the Indian Parliament huge number of people gathered to watch
(Protection) Act implemented for the protection innumerable turtle hatchlings rush into the sea.
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1972 of animal and plant species After that, various novel concepts and ideas were
Olive Ridley a species of medium-sized implemented to promote the protection of turtle
sea turtle turtles, found in warm and eggs. The people who used to steal the eggs earlier,
tropical climates, like the Pacific were now trained and involved in their protection.
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and the Indian ocean Initiatives such as the Kasav Mahotsav (Turtle
white bellied a large day-bird which hunts Festival) gave the tourists an opportunity to witness
sea-eagles near water the spectacular sight of the hatchlings rushing into
the sea. The local population also had many
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About the Author
Vishwas (Bhau) Katdare is an animal conservationist
in Konkan, Maharashtra. He is the founder of the
Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra (SNM), 1992, that works
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incentives, such as the Turtle Friend Awards and
the Turtle Friends Club, which included the
families in the village, who provided ‘homestay’
facilities to the tourists. Ten percent of the income
from each family was given to the Turtle Protection

towards the conservation of white-bellied sea eagles,
white-rumped vultures and olive ridley turtle nesting
sites. He is a member of the Maharashtra State
Wildlife Advisory Board. He is consistently involved
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Fund. This was a mutually benefitting process of
‘Conservation of Nature through Livelihood’, as the
villagers benefited from the influx of the tourists
and in order to retain them, they responsibly

in the education of masses about wildlife protection
and has initiated several community and action-
oriented programmes.
Summary
The narrative ‘A True story of Sea Turtles’, written
by Bhau Katdare of the Sahyadri Nisarg Mitra is a
lesson on wildlife and ecology protection. The writer
talks about his own experience when on a project
he and his volunteers found a pit of turtle eggs on a
protected the turtle nests and eggs. Almost eight
hundred tourists have started gathering for the
festival every year and up to thirty five families
offer ‘homestay’ facilities, thus, the project at Velas
met with unprecedented success. Thereafter, the
project was handed over from the Sahyadri Nisarg
Mitra to the Forest Department, Gram Panchayat
and the Turtle Friends Club in the villages. The
writer, through this inspiring story, brings out the
significance of the contribution of common people
in the protection of many endangered species of our
flora and fauna.
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Pre-reading Activities
*1. Observe the photographs given on page 30
of your textbook. What is common among
all these animals? They are all endangered
species. They are likely to die out
completely, one of the reasons being human
activity in their habitat. If these animals
(tiger, monkey, blue whale and fox) could
think and speak like humans, what would
they say?
Form groups of five to eight. Prepare short
autobiographical speeches for each of these
animals (10-15 lines). Use the following points:
 How the animal lives – It’s the only way he /
she can
 How he interacts with nature and other
animals
 How humans interact with that species –
whether it is fair, necessary or desirable, etc.
 The possible ill effects of the way human
beings treat the animals, for the whole living
world
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The animal getting ready to bid farewell to
this world
i. Autobiography of a Tiger.
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Ans: Roar! Hello, I am a Tiger. I live in the jungle,
with my fellow friends and family. It is my
home and I feel safe and happy there. I am a
predator, hence I prey on animals like deer,
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wild pigs, water buffalo and antelope. All
these animals live in the jungle with me.
But, there are things that are troubling me. My
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home is being razed and cleared by humans in
order to build houses for themselves. They
have made our air toxic because of which trees
are dying and the environment is decaying. I
have lost so many of my friends and family
because of human intervention and
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environment degradation. They hunt and kill
us or worse, they trap us and take us to cities.
They keep us in cages, keep us hungry and use
our skin as clothes. If all of us die, the animals
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we prey on will grow. They will destroy or eat
all the vegetation, which will affect the small
animals and insects. The entire ecosystem will
be destroyed.
I am worried that all of us will no more be a
part of this world if this doesn’t stop. Please
save us from this danger. We are waiting for
your help!
[Note: The above answer is for reference. Students
can prepare more autobiographical speeches on
their own.]
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*2. Hold a classroom discussion on the
following topics and later on, expand the
themes on your own. (10-15 lines)
i. Why human beings need to use more and
more natural resources.
ii. Should we conserve only the most beautiful
and most useful things in nature?
iii. What is ‘beautiful’ or ‘useful’? Who has the
right to decide that?
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and more natural resources:
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a. Natural resources are easily available in
nature.
b. They do not harm the environment.
c. They are natural, and therefore, they are
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the safe and healthy.
d. There are renewable and non-renewable
natural resources. They must be used wisely.
e. Over-use of non-renewable natural
resources must be avoided.
f. Plans involving proper usage of natural
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resources must be thought of.
g. Example  Rainwater can be collected
through rainwater harvesting and can be
used in many ways like irrigation,
watering plants and gardens, etc.
Extract I
Read the extract from line 1 to 39 on page 31 of
your textbook and answer the following questions.
[“We were surveying .............. in Maharashtra.”]
Simple Factual
1. Rearrange the following events according to
the sequence of their occurrence.
 The female turtle leaves a trail behind her
 The eggs are eaten or sold
 They find 100-150 eggs in the nest
 The female turtle comes to the shore
 The egg hunters follow the trail
 The female turtle lays her eggs on the shore
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The female turtle comes to the shore
The female turtle lays her eggs on the shore
The female turtle leaves a trail behind her
The egg hunters follow the trail
They find 100-150 eggs in the nest
The eggs are eaten or sold
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2. State whether the following statements are
Grammar
True or False. Correct the false statements.
i. Turtles nest along the entire coastline of 1. Do as directed.
Maharashtra. i. We were surveying the white bellied sea-
Ans: True eagles in the summer that year.
(Change the Voice of the sentence)
ii. If a turtle is spotted while it is still laying eggs, Ans: The white bellied sea-eagles were being
it is killed and eaten immediately. surveyed by us in the summer that year.
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it is allowed to live till the egg laying is over. inside.
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Complex / Understanding Ans: They were digging up the nest and stealing all
the eggs laid inside.
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Ans: The volunteers were surveying white bellied 2. Give the adverb form of the word
sea-eagles. ‘ruthless’.
Ans: ruthlessly
*2. What unusual occurrence did the
volunteers notice? Personal Response
Ans: The volunteers noticed sea turtle eggs along
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never seen before. programmes or initiatives that aim to
protect an animal?
*3. Why were turtle eggs seen on the beach Ans: Yes, I have read about the initiative called

were the implications?

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after it had been sealed to the public? What Project Tiger. It was started by the
Government of India in the year 1973 under
Ans: The turtle eggs were seen on the beach after it the leadership of our then Prime Minister
had been sealed to the public because the egg Mrs. Indira Gandhi. Its purpose was to
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hunters couldn’t come and steal the eggs protect the population of Bengal Tigers from
anymore. extinction. Various measures were taken to
conserve and develop more natural habitats
*4. Why have these turtles been protected in for tigers. Also, a severe penalty was
India? imposed on poachers and villages were
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they are endangered due to a ruthless practice conflicts. This was one of the first steps
of killing the turtles, stealing their eggs and taken to promote the cause of saving
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eating or selling them in the market. endangered species of animals in our country.
5. Under which Act of Parliament are the Extract II
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turtles given protection?
Ans: Under the Schedule 1 of the Indian Wildlife Read the extract from line 40 to 85 on page 32
(Protection) Act 1972, the turtles are given
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and 33 of your textbook and answer the following

protection.
questions.
Vocabulary [“We had no .................................... a large scale.”]
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1. Give the synonym of the following:

Simple Factual
i. sealed ii. combing
iii. ruthless 1. Complete the following sentences.
Ans: i. shut ii. searching i. The villager appointed in the campaign had to
iii. merciless watch over ________________
ii. The whole village rushed ______________
2. Give the antonym of the following: iii. The eggs hatch after a period of
i. shallow _____________
ii. bought Ans: i. the protected nest to prevent thefts.
Ans: i. deep ii. to the beach to witness the spectacle
ii. Sold iii. forty five to fifty days.
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2. State whether the following statements are Grammar
True or False.
i. The volunteers had a lot of experience of sea 1. Do as directed.
turtles. i. We had no experience regarding sea-turtles, so
ii. The female turtle does not return to the nest first of all we undertook a study of turtles.
after laying the eggs. (Use the word ‘because’ and
iii. The survival rate of the turtles is very high. rewrite the sentence)
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ii. True first.
iii. False
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Complex / Understanding (Change into Simple Future Tense)
Ans: She will not return to the nest after that.
1. What were the people told to do once they
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found the nest?
in the deep sea.
Ans: The people were told to remove the eggs
(Pick out the Adjectives)
from the nest and bury them again in a
Ans: innumerable, little, deep
similar pit and to place a wire fencing around
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1. Have you ever come across eggs laid by any
hatchlings for the first time. What does it
animal or bird? What did you do?
indicate?
Ans: A pigeon once laid its eggs in the balcony of
Ans: The elderly people had seen the hatchlings
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for the first time  it indicates that the eggs
were being stolen for so many years, that
nest. They were very small. I used to observe
the pigeon sit on them everyday to give them
they never survived long enough to hatch.
warmth. After twenty days, the eggs hatched
3. How many types of sea turtles are there and yellow pigeons came out of the shells. I
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and how many of them are found in placed some corn and wheat near the nest and
India? also covered the place around it, so that crows
Ans: There are seven types of sea turtles in the won’t attack the young ones. After some days,
world and five of them are found in India. they turned grey and started growing wings.
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Slowly, they started cooing as well. Once they

*4. Why was it necessary to undertake turtle were capable of flying, they left the nest to fly
protection on a large scale? away into the open sky.
Ans: It was necessary to undertake turtle
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survival rate was as low as one or two out of
a thousand. Also, they occupy an important Read the extract from line 86 to 141 on page 33
place in marine ecology as they keep the sea
and 34 of your textbook and answer the following
clean. Thus, it was important to curb the
stealing of their eggs to give a fair chance of questions.
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survival to them. [“After the success ............ only when necessary.”]

Vocabulary Simple Factual

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1. Give the antonym of the following: 1. Match the columns.

i. foreign ii. limited
iii. unimportant i. Turtle Friend a. Villagers offering
Awards ‘homestay’
Ans: i. local ii. boundless
ii. Turtle Festival b. Kasav Mitra
iii. vital
iii. Turtle Friends c. Utilised for protection
2. Give the synonym of the following: Club and conservation of
i. watch ii. appreciation turtles
iii. countless iv. Turtle d. Kasav Mahotsava
Ans: i. witness ii. ovation Protection Fund
iii. innumerable Ans: (i – b), (ii – d), (iii – a), (iv – c)
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2. Complete the following sentences. iii. accommodated
i. ___________ were additional features of the iv. sustainable
festivals.
ii. The festival reached all corners of the world Ans: i. putting a plan to effect
through ___________________ ii. including everything important and
iii. As many as ___________________ began to necessary
visit Velas in the Turtle season. iii. provided a place to stay
iv. able to continue for a long time
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ii. the medium of the internet and our i. uncertain ii. failure
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iii. eight hundred people Ans: i. firm ii. success
iii. freedom
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Grammar
*1. Why were those, who had stolen the eggs
earlier, involved in the work of protection? 1. Do as directed.
Give at least two reasons. i. Protection was offered in eighty of the villages
Ans: The people who had stolen the eggs earlier, where turtle nests were found.
were now involved in the work of protection (Identify the Clauses)
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Ans: Protection was offered in eighty of the villages
was no longer an option and also, they had an  Main Clause
experience in looking for turtle eggs.
where turtle nests were found  Subordinate
2. What was the Turtle Festival? Adjective Clause
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Ans: The Turtle Festival or Kasav Mahotsav was a
ii. Modern technology also helped.
new concept that began in 2006. It was a
unique opportunity for the tourists to witness (Add a Question Tag)
Ans: Modern technology also helped, didn’t it?
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the spectacle of the hatchlings rushing out to
the sea. The natural beauty of the Konkan and 2. Give the noun form of the word ‘involve’.
a short film on turtles were the additional Ans: involvement
features of the festival.
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3. On what issue were the volunteers firm on?

Ans: The volunteers were firm on the issue that not 1. Are you aware of any NGOs or groups that
even the slightest harm should come to the take care of animals and birds?
turtles due to the tourist activity.
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Ans: Yes, I know about a group of young people

*4. What do the ‘homestay’ families do?
Ans: ‘Homestay’ families provide accommodations
to the tourists, who visit the village during
the Turtle Festival. They all offer the same
rate for the facilities offered and give ten
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from the age group of fifteen to thirty-five
years in my colony, who take care of the street
dogs and cats. They give them food regularly
and have even rented a shop which they utilise
to keep the animals safe. The animals have the

percent of their income to the Turtle freedom to stay in or out of the shop. It is used
Protection Fund. as a shelter for animals during the rains and
the winters. The members of the group take
*5. Why was the project entrusted to the local donations and also conduct awareness
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people? programmes in our locality.

Ans: The project was entrusted to the local people
because the members of Sahyadri Nisarg Additional Question for Practice
Mitra organisation believed that only the local
population could ultimately offer the best care
*1. Why were the people asked to look for the
and protection to the turtles.
eggs or nests in the morning?
Vocabulary Ans: The people were asked to look for the eggs or
nests in the morning, so that they could
1. Give the meaning of the following: safegaurd the eggs and protect them from the
i. implementing egg hunters, who usually came in the
ii. comprehensive mornings, looking for eggs on the beach.

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Language Study
*1. Read the following entries from the
‘Language Study’ pages.
i. Clause
A group of words that includes a subject and a
verb. A clause can form a complete sentence
or be a part of a sentence.
Example: In the sentence ‘I went home
because it was getting dark’; there are two
clauses: I went home, and because it was
getting dark.
In the above sentence, if you read only ‘I went
home’, it sounds complete. So, it is the main
clause.
There are two types of clauses: main and
subordinate:
a. Main clause: A main clause can stand
by itself as a complete sentence. Even if
you read just the main clause, it makes
good sense.
b. Subordinate or dependent clause: It
cannot stand by itself as a complete
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sentence. If you read just the
subordinate clause, it does not make
good sense. In the above sentence,
‘because it was getting dark’ is the
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subordinate clause. If you read only this
clause, you realise that it is incomplete
and the sentence includes something
else.
Subordinate clauses are further classified into
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adjective clauses, adverb clauses and noun
clauses according to whether they act as
adjectives, adverbs or nouns, respectively.
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ii. Sentence
A group of words that expresses a complete
idea – a statement, a question or a command.
Examples:  My elder brother is in college.
 Do you know this address?
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 Be quick.
Sentences can be classified into three types -
simple, compound and complex. A simple
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sentence is one that has only one subject and
one predicate. It has only one finite verb.
Example: • Margie was hurt.
Compound and Complex sentences have two
or more clauses. A sentence made of two or
more main or independent clauses is
compound sentence.
Example:
 Open your books and start reading the
poem.
 I called him, but he did not stop.
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A complex sentence consists of one main or
independent clause and one or more
subordinate (dependent) clauses.
Example:
 I went out because I wanted to play with
my friends.
These subordinate or dependent clauses cannot
make independent sentences.
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sentences.
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a. There are a few people in every village who
keep combing the beach in the early hours of
the morning, throughout the year.
Ans: There are a few people in every village
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b. When the female turtle comes on shore to nest
and to lay eggs, she leaves behind a trail just
like the tracks of wheels on the sand.
Ans: she leaves behind a trail just like the tracks of
wheels on the sand
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c. The egg hunters follow this trail right up to the
nest which is about half a metre deep.
Ans: The egg hunters follow this trail right up to the
nest
Study Skills
*1. Prepare a short note on sea turtles with the
help of the information given in the
chapter.
Ans: Sea Turtles are water animals, which nest
along the coastline. Turtles perform an
important function in marine ecology – they
keep the sea clean. There are seven types of
sea turtles in the world, five of which are
found in India. The Olive Ridley, Green turtles
and Hawksbills are a part of the Maharashtrian
coastline. When the female turtle reaches
maturity at the age of fifteen years, she comes
out of the water and builds a shallow nest to
lay her eggs in and leaves to never come back.
There are at least hundred to one hundred fifty
eggs in one nest. The eggs hatch after a period
of forty-five to fifty days, using the natural
heat and warmth of the sun and the sand. After
hatching, these hatchlings rush to the water to
go back to their homes in the sea. The sea is
dangerous for these young turtles and they
have to brave it all alone. Therefore, their
survival rate is very low. Only one or two
turtles survive out of thousands. Recently,
their species have become endangered since
the eggs are often stolen and then eaten or sold
in the market. Thus, it has become imperative
to protect these turtles on a large scale all
around the world.
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*2. Prepare a poster to illustrate how the turtle eggs were / are protected. Include the following in the
poster.
i. Some pictures of sea turtles and their habitat
ii. Information about turtle nests and eggs
iii. A picture and information about a ‘protected nest’
iv. Appeal to the public to spread awareness about their conservation
v. Some data (figures) regarding the achievements so far
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Sea turtles help to keep the ocean clean
and hence, are a major part of the
A female turtle comes out of the
water to the beach at night and
marine ecology. It is very important to makes a nest by digging with her
save them from extinction. Please share flippers and rotating its body. Then
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this information with friends and she creates a cavity in which she lays
acquaintances to protect sea turtles. eggs. An average clutch range of eggs
is 80 to 120, depending upon the
species.
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A nest cage should be constructed

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with wire fencing material with Sahyadri Nisarg Mandal –

openings of 1 inch x 3 inch. The nest successfully released 7,610 hatchlings
cage should be placed over the nest. from 2002-2006
This prevents any harm to the eggs.
The openings should be large enough
for the hatchlings to easily crawl out
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Villager 1 : Yes, sir. They are the egg shells
Activities
of a sea turtle!

Reading Volunteer 2 : Sea turtle! That’s so surprising!

We have never come across sea
*1. Read: ‘Last Chance to See’ by Douglas turtle egg shells while walking on
Adams and Mark Carwadine. beaches in Konkan, all these
years.
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Villager 2 : That is because the beach was
on their own.]
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year, after they had caught some

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Writing people smuggling silver bricks in
the area.
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paragraphs. Try to present their content in Volunteer 3 : But, how is that related to the egg
the form of a series of conversations among shells?
the – Villager 1 : Ma’am, nowadays the local
i. Volunteers people come out early in the
morning and search the beach for
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these eggs. They then either eat
Ans: the eggs or sell them in the
i. Volunteers market.
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Volunteer 1 : It’s been an hour since we started
Volunteer 2 : That is so disturbing! How do
they find these eggs?
looking for the sea-eagles, but to no
avail. Villager 2 : The female turtle leaves a trail
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behind her after laying the eggs.
Volunteer 2 : Yes, there is not a single clue about
The egg hunters follow this trail,
the sea-eagles here.
dig up the pits, find hundred to
Volunteer 3 : Look here! Look! I have found one hundred and fifty eggs and
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something! then steal them.

Volunteer 1 : What? What is it? Volunteer 1 : That is so wicked and appalling!
Volunteer 2 : Looks like a collection of ping-
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Villager 1 : Yes, it is, Sir. And if a female

pong balls! turtle is spotted while she is still
Volunteer 3 : No! They are egg shells! laying her eggs, she is first
Volunteer 2 : What kind of egg shells? allowed to lay her eggs and
Volunteer 3 : I don’t know. But, I guess they are then, even she is caught and
killed!
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crab eggs.
Volunteer 1 : No, they cannot be crab eggs. Crabs Volunteer 3 : This is wrong and illegal! Sea
lay their eggs underwater. turtles are given protection under
the Schedule 1 of Indian Wildlife
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(Protection) Act 1972!
these?
Volunteer 2 : We need to take immediate action
Volunteer 3 : I see some local people there. Let’s
against this!
go and ask them.
Volunteer 1 : Yes, we need to protect these
ii. The volunteers and villagers. turtles!
Volunteer 1 : Hello! We found a shallow pit Villager 1 and 2 : We are ready to help in any way
full of eggs back there. May we possible.
know what kind of eggs they Volunteer 3 : Let’s do this!
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*2. Prepare a simple brochure regarding the ‘homestay’ facilities made available in the villages. Form
groups and discuss the points you will use in the brochure. Remember to include the precautions that
tourists have to take of the site, in your brochure.
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Homestay Facilities
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TO PROVIDE YOU WITH
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Our Homes and Our
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Facilities offered by us:
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 Comfortable rooms with proper
bathroom facilities.
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 Home-cooked food of various
cuisines  Maharashtrian, South
Indian, Punjabi, Gujarati, etc.
 Round the clock WiFi facilities
 A homely and refreshing
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atmosphere
A perfect homelike feeling
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awaits you!

Other Things to do while you are in the

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village:
 Enjoy the scenic beauty of open fields
and the infinite sea.
 Visit the Friday market for artefacts
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and souvenirs.
 Enjoy the beaches at night.

Contact us on 
Mobile no.  9912006000
Email  homestay@xyz.com
We also have a Facebook page  ‘HSF  Turtle Friends’

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*3. Explain the idea of ‘Conservation of Nature through Livelihood’ briefly, using the example given in
this chapter.
Ans: The idea of ‘Conservation of Nature through Livelihood’ explains that nature must be conserved and this can
be done along with building livelihood. The villagers of Velas have become a part of the ‘Turtle Friends
Club’. They have ‘homestay’ facilities at their houses, so that the tourists who come to take part in the Turtle
Festival can lodge there. Through this, they get a handsome income in hand. Because of all this, the villagers
have realised that tourism can be a major source of income to them. Many tourists come to watch the
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i. Scope for tourism in your locality
Ans:  There is a ruined fort built by the ancestors of Shivaji Maharaj. It has the prominent features of the
Maratha architecture. With proper renovation and cleaning, it can be opened for the public.
 A botanical garden in which plants and trees are grown only with organic seeds and fertilizers. It can
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things must be used and what not to be used, things that are helpful or harmful to the environment, etc.
 A restaurant built like a palace, serving Indian cuisine and treating their customers in a royal way.
This can be used as a major tourist attraction, if supported with marketing and advertisement.

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Prudent utilisation of natural resources
Ans:  Natural resources are a gift from nature.
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 The non-renewable resources include oil, minerals, and soil.
 Non-renewable resources take years to get replenished, thus judicious use is necessary.
 Over-usage of any resource is harmful for the environment.
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 Things that are reusable and can be recycled must be kept and re-used.
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